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A. CLARKE & T. REECE.

' GRAGKER GRUSHER.

No. 61,163. Patented Jan. 15, 1867.

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l. CLARKE AND T. REECE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENSYLVAINIA, Letters Patent1%. 61,163, dated January 15, 1867.

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i To ALL WHOM IT MAY consults:

Be itknown that. we, ARTHUR Clients and THOMAS Rnncn, of Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia, and in the State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Devices for Crushing Crackers and dohereby, declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and 'to the letters of reference marked thereon, making apart of thisspecification.

Our invention hasforits object the crushing of crackers for hotels,saloons, families, "or other places.

In the'annexed drawings is shown a. form which we use for this purpose,but we do not wish to be understood as confining ourselves to thispeculiar or particular form, as we propose vsryingthe same, as will bemore fully shown hereafter. I

This crusher is constructed of two distinct sections or parts, A B.Section A is the upper section, and is composed ofn suitable handle andcircular-shaped flange, D, which has four or more wings or cutters, a,on its under side. Section B is also composedof a handle, but has abottomless cup, 0, in which is placed the corresponding cutters b, andso placed that they fill in the spaces between each of the cutters a. Itwill be seen that the flange D is made so that it snugly fits inthe cupO, 'and when closed the cutters a and b are equidistant, and have theappearance as shown in fig. 2. Sections A'end B are'hoth providedwith asmall earjat the end of the flange and cup 2:, and at which point thesections are hinged together. ,We may hinge the sections together at ornear the centre of their handles, 2, instead of at the point x, andallow the same to be operated similar to a pair of scissors or pliers;but on experimenting, we find that suitable purchase is bad with thefulcrum at either of the points :0 or z. We wish to construct the cup 0either in a round or other suitable shape, and instead of a bottomlesscup make a perforated bottom to allow the cracker. crumbs to passthrough, or a single opening centrally located in the bottom for thesame purpose. In the operation of this inventi0n,the crackers areusually placed within -the cup C, (handle A and flange being elevated bymeans of its hinge, as when, fig. 1,) and said cup placed over thevessel or thing upon which the crackers are wanted; the handle A is thenbrought down, causing the wings a to crush the crackers upon the wingsb, and the same fall through the cup. The wings ab may be eithersharpened or otherwise on their edges, ormay merely be ribs, teeth, ormy devices substantially the same as those herein referred to.

. It will be seen that this invention efi'eetually obviates thenecessity of breaking crackers flltll the hands or teeth, and willeasily break and crush the crackers of the hardest as well as thesoftest kinds, and can be regulated so that they are or con be brokeneither'fine or'cearse, according to the number of teeth placed on theflanges and cup. Either of the devices described may be of brass, castiron, or of any other material preferred.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure byLctter-s Patent, is-

The arrangement of section B, with its perforated or bottomless cup Cand ribs 02, or their equivalents, and section A, with its flange D andribs 6, or their equivalents; both of said sections having suitablehandles, and hinged together in either of the modes herein described,and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set our handsand seals this 27th day of November, 1866. I

ARTHUR CLARKE, THOMAS REEGE.

Witnes es:-

EMILE B. G. BADGER, E. R BADGER.

